Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a businesswoman based in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Dorcas Adebola Adewunmi, for attempting to export illegal drugs packed inside foodstuffs to London, United Kingdom.
The drugs, inside a cargo consignment bound for the United Kingdom were intercepted by operatives of the NDLEA on September 6, 2024.
According to information by the agency on Sunday, a thorough search of the consignment revealed 924 bottles of codeine-based syrup weighing 135.70kg and 5,250 tablets of rohypnol.
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The freight agent, Olanrewaju Sunday Owojori, who presented the cargo for export, was promptly arrested.
Further investigation led to the arrest of another suspect, Akeem Temitope Adewunmi, who claimed that Adewunmi, his 58-year-old mother, sent the consignment to him from Ibadan to deliver to the agent.
A follow up operation on September 7 led to the arrest of Adewunmi in Ibadan, where she deals in foodstuffs and cargo export.
In his statement, Owojori confessed that he has been working for Adewunmi to export cargoes to the UK, adding that he was paid N2,411,000 for the job, while he was paid N2.1 million for a similar consignment handled for the businesswoman earlier.
